EDITOR, The Tribune.
Despite the compulsory pain Bahamas Customs put small businesses through just a few short years ago with “Click to Clear” (which was anything but clear by the way. Months of training and numerous glitches, repetition, etc. in which finally most small business got “use”), here we go again with mass increase in business expense.
The Ministry of Pain and Finance announced a few months ago, after all of that work, expense and time, they are implementing and pushing yet another programme which is forcing business to use one of two software companies at another considerable expense. The question has to arise at this point is Why? Answer - Follow the money! Who in customs, Ministry of Finance or which MP might be in bed, or has shares in these software companies? Is it an MP, high up government official whose spouse got an airport contract, eliminating the legit one already in place? It is alleged the airport employees got their notice last month (and over the Christmas season which, in my opinion, is disgusting). In my view it can be no other reason why they are pushing this on small business. Or are they in bed with the brokerages to yet force yet another expense on the “small man (person)”?
If journalism wasn’t dead and pushing Bolshevik agendas, perhaps The Tribune can start doing some real investigative journalism and expose this and other critical stories that hurt Bahamians, such as the banks and their coercion to stop cash and cheques probably to gain access into your everyday personal life, the ridiculous fees, or lack of counter service to force you to use ATM’s that work as well as BPL.
Of course, the government has been in bed with them for years. But again, It’s a New Day!
CHRISTOPHER ARMALY
Nassau,
January 13, 2023.
Comments
Porcupine 1 year, 8 months ago
Yes, things are tough here for everyone. Not just the business person. When incompetent and greedy people assume positions of power, either in government, or in business, this is what happens. Look at the U.S. A dysfunctional system ruled by a group of lying incompetent morons, the Republican party, who are completely captured by business. A recent headline shouted the fact that almost all of the gains in productivity and profits went to the top 1% over the last decade. Fair? Christian? A natural phenomenon? The thing that is really lacking, globally, is education. Especially lacking is the knowledge that all governments are compromised by the world's richest people. The Bahamas is again, a perfect example. What exactly is working for "the people"? Very little. But, if you are politically connected, the world is your oyster.
Due to ignorance, these cruelties will continue. Were "the people" educated, I cannot imagine one present leader, not one, who would be voted back into office. The elected politicians we have in place the world over, work for the rich. Just like here in The Bahamas. But, then we have those, who, while rich, continue to cry about socialist policies and programs. The statistics clearly show that the rich own the world and our standards of living, as well, due solely to greed. Greed. Do we understand that word? Do we understand why education is in the condition it is in? There are accidents in the world. The state of the economy is not one of them. Our politicians, all politicians for the most part, are severely compromised and intellectually delusional. Change is inevitable. Who is choosing our path forward? Those continuing to take out big loans and giving us nothing in return?
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